Learn How to Use WordPress

Are you new to using WordPress? If so, then you're in the right place! This guide will take you through the full process, from the basics of creating posts and pages right through to installing and customising your first WordPress theme and setting up plugins for security and performance.

This Learning Guide will help you:

Learn what WordPress is all about.

Install WordPress and create content using posts and pages.

Customise your WordPress setup.

Install and customise WordPress themes.

Find and set up the best WordPress plugins.

1. What Is WordPress?

WordPress is software for the web that you can use to build websites or blogs. It's an open-source content management system (CMS) that can be used to quickly set up anything from a simple blog to a complex eCommerce site.

More than 25% of all websites globally use WordPress, making it easily the most popular CMS on the web. There are two main ways that WordPress is used:

WordPress.com: If you want to keep things really simple, you can get a hosted version of WordPress using WordPress.com, which means you don't have to download anything or install anything on your server.

WordPress.org: If you want a flexible setup that you can customise completely, you can manually download WordPress and install it on your server from WordPress.org.

2. Learn How to Use WordPress

The absolute best way to learn WordPress is by taking our free course, which has helped more than 50,000 people learn to use WordPress.

4. WordPress Plugins

One of the great things about using WordPress is the vibrant plugin ecosystem. There are many thousands of different plugins that promise to improve every aspect of your site. With the right plugins, your WordPress site will run more smoothly, get more visitors, and be less likely to face problems.

In this course, you'll learn how to install and configure free plugins for backup, security, caching, and SEO.

5. eCommerce

If you want to start selling online, then you'll need to get an eCommerce platform set up!

There are several easy options that work well with WordPress, but WooCommerce is the most popular eCommerce platform for WordPress, powering more than 500,000 sites across the web.

Learn how to create your own online store with WordPress and WooCommerce in our Beginner's Guide. You’ll learn how to install and configure WooCommerce, add products to your store, and get the whole thing set up.